Faculty Hall of Fame

The OBU Faculty Hall of Fame recognizes former OBU faculty members who over an extended teaching career have had a significant impact on OBU students.

Any former OBU faculty member who taught full-time at OBU for 10 years or more is eligible for nomination. OBU graduates, current employees and former professors may nominate a candidate.

Nomination Form

Faculty Hall of Fame Inductees

Recipient	Year Awarded
Dr. Warren M. Angell (’75 Honorary Alumnus) Dean of the College of Fine Arts 1936–1975	2010
Max Brattin, ’60 Associate Professor of Economics 1966–2000	2010
Dr. Rhetta May Dorland (’65 Honorary Alumna) Professor of Drama and Theatre 1919–1956	2010
Dr. James E. Hurley (’97 Honorary Alumnus) Professor of Biology 1962–1998	2010
Eddie Hurt Jr., ’29 Coach, Director of Physical Education 1936–1955	2010
Dr. William R. Mitchell Professor of English 1958–1995	2010
Dr. James Newton Owens, ’32 Professor of Modern Languages 1917–1919, 1923–1956	2010
William Thomas Short Professor of Mathematics 1915–1947	2010
Dr. Rowena Strickland, ’37 Distinguished Service Professor of Biblical Studies 1953–1980	2010
Dr. James Samuel Timberlake, ’40 Professor of Religion 1950–1988	2010
Dr. Warren Forbes Yarborough Distinguished Service Professor of Religious Education 1925–1958	2010
Dr. J.W. Jent (’26 Honorary Alumnus) Professor of Philosophy 1915–1926, 1932–1941	2011
Dr. Shirley J. Jones, ’58 Crouch-Mathis Professor of Literature 1964–2001	2011
Clair R. McGavern Professor of Music 1949–1975	2011
Jaunita Proctor Associate Professor of Nursing 1953–1966, 1971–1984	2011
Dr. Tom Wilks Jewell and Joe L. Huitt Professor of Applied Ministry 1980–2008	2011
Manoi Smith Adair, ’50 Professor of Business 1955–1996	2012
Dr. Laura Crouch Professor of English 1975–1998	2012
Mary Kay Higginbotham Parrish, ‘62 Associate Professor of Music 1964–2002	2012
Opal Cole Craig, ’26 Professor of Speech 1947–1974	2013
Mary White Johnson Professor of Nursing 1953–1997	2013
Dr. Dick Allen Rader, ’63 WMU Professor of Missions 1980–2002	2013
Dr. C. Mack Roark, ’58 Ruth Dickinson Chair of Bible 1984–2004	2013
Dr. Robert O. Laessig Professor of German and Distinguished Service Professor of Humanities 1947–1961	2014
Dr. Claudine F. Dickey, ’60 Professor and Dean, College of Nursing 1962–1975, 1982–1999	2015
Dr. Ronda Hall Professor of Spanish 1973–2011	2015
Dr. Jimmie Russell Professor of Education 1981–2002	2015
Kathryne O'Bryan Timberlake Assistant Professor of Music/Professor Emerita 1953–1988	2022
Dr. Warren McWilliams Auguie Henry Professorship in Bible/Professor Emeritus 1982–2018	2022
Dr. Juanita Johnson Professor Emerita of Nursing 1998–2003	2023
Dr. Joe Hall Professor of English 1974–2008	2023